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"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."

Year-old news, but the rents and I just caught a re-run of the Mark Twain Award for American Humor to George Carlin from 08. I'm in the same boat as all the comedians and friends who came out to tell their Carlin stories and intro their favorite clips, speechless. The world lost a whole lotta finely-tuned funny as well as a critical mind with his death and it's a shame. Both Carlin and Twain were geniuses, comically and linguistically.

Did you get all that? from NYC at his sprightly age of 68. I don't think there's anyone to match his way with words and expansive vocabulary, a pioneer in comedy i.e. his Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV.

Hopefully you've been able to come across some of Carlin's brilliance. He truly made you think about things subconsciously while you were consciously laughing. All our comic favorites today (Maher, Black, Colbert, Leary, Cho, Stewart...) were influenced by him as he was by some of the greats before and during his time--Richard Pryor, Danny Kaye, Lenny Bruce among others. If you have the chance, his books are some of the best reads.


Hats off to you, Mr. Carlin.